Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Countryside Partnerships plc

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIPS PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

Countryside Partnerships plc

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

02 September 2022

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

0.01p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

196,822

0.04%

9,533,654

1.91%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

9,676,975

1.94%

178,511

0.04%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

9,873,797

1.98%

9,712,165

1.94%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

which subscription right exists

Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

securities

paid/received

paid/received

0.01p ordinary

Purchase

149,123

2.2820 GBP

2.24 GBP

0.01p ordinary

Sale

119,560

2.2821 GBP

2.2336 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

476

2.2657 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

586

2.2383 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

873

2.2497 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

909

2.2755 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

1,774

2.2656 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

2,000

2.2794 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

2,160

2.2820 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,436

2.2672 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,609

2.2648 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

3,985

2.2686 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,915

2.2616 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

6,392

2.2604 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,892

2.2670 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,071

2.2677 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,684

2.2781 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

11,917

2.2710 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,734

2.2820 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,001

2.2752 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

27,294

2.2778 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

47,066

2.2732 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

297

2.2820 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

439

2.2800 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

507

2.2460 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

587

2.2720 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

600

2.2500 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

749

2.2806 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

753

2.2510 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

778

2.2507 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,171

2.2479 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,686

2.2509 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,063

2.2742 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,556

2.2739 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,799

2.2568 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,271

2.2540 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

6,404

2.2567 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

6,483

2.2641 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

7,892

2.2670 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

9,202

2.2877 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

18,362

2.2699 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

27,294

2.2778 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

28,999

2.2728 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

5 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213